Austro-Hungarian army
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The "Austro-Hungarian Army" was the ground force of the Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy. It was composed of the common army (recruited from everywhere), the Austrian Landwehr (recruited only from Cisleithania), and the Hungarian Honvéd|Honvédség (recruited only within the Kingdom of Hungary).
The official names in German were:
- regiments of the common army were "Imperial and Royal" - "kaiserlich und königlich" (k.u.k.)/"Császári és Királyi"
- Austrian Landwehr regiments were "Imperial" - "kaiserlich" (k) or "császári"
- Hungarian Honvéd regiments, or "Honvédség," were "Royal Hungarian" - "königlich ungarisch" (k.u.)/"Magyar Királyi"
This army was organized after the establishment of the Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy in 1867 and existed until the end of World War I in 1918. Prior to 1867, Austria's ground forces were those of the Austrian Empire. The Hungarian military (light cavalry, infantry, and artillery) waged a successfull War of Independence against the imperial army from 1848 until its surrender to Czarist army dispatched to help out the kaiserlich army in 1849. After the surrender, the Hungarian units were either disbanded or dislocated and national Hungarian military units could not be organized again until 1867 Ausgleich, or Compromise. In terms of the Compromise, the Imperial and Royal (k. und k.) units had the priority of training and access to the new equipments, the Landwehr and the Honvédség have only inferior equipment. Serving in the Honvédség or even the Landwehr had little prestige among the officers and the best trained ones could be found in the k.u.k. army. The units of the Honvédség, on the other hand, had the full combat strength only in war-time periods, when the empty places were filled with reserves.
Ranks
- Korporal / Tizedes
- Feldwebel / Altiszt
- Kadett / Növendék
- Kadettoffiziersstellvertreter / Tisztjelölt
- Leutnant / Hadnagy
- Oberleutnant / Főhadnagy
- Hauptmann 1. Kl. / Százados, kapitány
- Major / Őrnagy
- Oberstleutnant / Alezredes
- Oberst / Ezredes
- Generalmajor / Vezérőrnagy
- Feldmarschalleutnant / Altábornagy
- General der Infanterie / Fegyvernemi (gyalogsági, lovassági, tüzérségi) tábornok
- Generaloberst / Vezérezredes
- Feldmarschall / Tábornagy
Note
The ranks displayed after the "/" are the Hungarian equivalents of the Austrian ranks, since they were used in this format in the Magyar Királyi Honvédség (Royal Hungarian Home Defence Forces).See also
- List of Austro-Hungarian field marshals
- Austro-Hungarian First Army in World War I
- Comparative military ranks of World War I
External links
- [Austro-Hungarian Army, by Glenn Jewison & Jörg C. Steiner]
- [Austro-Hungarian Military Ranks at Uniforminsignia.net]
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